Plane crash near Monticello kills woman and two sons
Mrs Harmon Lowman and her two sons were found dead nine miles south of Monticello after a flight from Miami to Alabama. The wreckage in a cornfield and trees was seen after a heavy rainstorm, with rescue teams bringing the bodies to Monticello. The missing travelers were en route to Andalusia, Alabama to visit relatives.
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Monticello
Fla
Miami
Alabama
Harmon Lowman
Here
Fred Loeb
Lowmans
Andalusia
Ala
Lowman
Ivey Lee Hatchet
Loeb Farm
Carson Chalk
E. B. Delcher
Jim Ergman
Orlando
Ergman
Flower Display Set For Local Show With Prizes
A flower and vegetable show will start at 2 o'clock with 200 prizes donated by Monroe merchants. Prizes include special awards for club group entries. The parish home demonstration department led by Mrs Jewell McQuiller runs the event, backed by Kiwanis agriculture chair S A Moss of Missouri Pacific.
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Monroe
Parish Home Demonstration Department
Jewell McQuiller
Agriculture Committee
The
Kiwanis Club
S. A. Moss
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Opelousas Man J Frank Schell Dies at 72
J Frank Schell a prominent Opelousas and Washington La businessman died at his home in Opelousas after an illness that began a month earlier. He contributed to development of southwestern Louisiana agriculture and was 72 years old.
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Opelousas
Louisiana
J. Frank Schell
Washington, la
Meeting Of Congregation Of Local Church Slated
The First Christian church will hold its annual church night meeting tonight at 8 o clock to transact business and elect deacons and elders for the coming year The session is open to congregation members only said Rev Thomas F Jett pastor
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The
First Christian Church
Thomas F. Jett
Police Crack Down On Reckless Driving In Monroe
Monroe police vow a war on reckless driving with strict prosecutions to protect pedestrians and motorists. Narrow city streets and recent accidents prompt intensified enforcement including reporting crashes to police to establish responsibility and curb intoxicated driving.
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Monroe
Obituary for Mrs. Jessie H. Childers
Mrs. Jessie Hattaway Childers aged 22 died of pneumonia at a local hospital in the early hours of Friday. Funeral plans were not yet completed. She is survived by her husband M. E. Childers her parents two daughters Loyce and Violet Childers and son Hinson Childers.
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Jessie Hattaway Childers
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs J G Byne in West Monroe
A son was born to Mr and Mrs J G Byne of South Riverfront Street West Monroe early Friday morning. The report mentions the first legal execution by electricity as William Kemmler at Sing Sing on August 6 1890.
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J. G. Byne
South Riverfront Street
West Monroe
William Kemmler
Sing Sing Prison
Hotel Fire Claims Two Lives In Birmingham
Five people injured as fire sweeps through a Birmingham hotel. Miss Wear and Miss Purdin escaped by jumping from the fourth floor while Miss Wear endured flames around her hands and hair. Thomas R. Young of Birmingham was lightly burned. one guest, Fletcher, was bath disturbed and fled in wet clothes. The fire’s outbreak drew out a dramatic rescue and local response.
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Thomas R. Young
Birmingham
Miss Wear
Miss Purdin
Fletcher
Florence
Broadway
Tribute Marks Half Century of Captain Ross at The States
Major James Evans Crown and William P. Ball led tributes at a banquet honoring Captain Ross for fifty years of service to The States. The celebration included a 40 page tribute edition and guests from Monroe media groups. Captain Ross began as a proofreader in 1885 and became city editor in 1891.
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James Evans Crown
Captain Ross
Ross
Major Crown
William P. Ball
John D. Ewing
Robert Ewing
Monroe Morning World
Monroe News-Star
Shreveport Times
High Schools Bands Compete On Second Day
In Greenwood Mississippi on June 7 high school bands and orchestras entered the second day of the Dixie school band and orchestra contest. Each band performed three selections for judges as soloists and several bands were heard. winners will be announced Saturday night. Participants included the Texas Tiger band of Texarkana Texas Waxahachie high school band Coleman high school band and Greenwood high school band.
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Tex
Coleman, Tex
Greenwood, Miss
Sunlight Shifts Paint From Black To White
An English chemist creates outdoor paint that changes color with daylight, appearing black in the daytime and white at night due to sun exposure.
Glass Aids Seed Germination In German Greenhouses
A greenish yellow glass panel, vented in Germany for greenhouses, is said to admit light that speeds seed germination for seeds planted beneath it.
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Germany
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Dan Cohe
Creee
DeSiard St
Monroe, la
Colonel Ewing
Ewing
Times-Picayune Publishing Company
States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
British Guiana
Tupper
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Candlewick
Caen
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